Table 3

Characteristics of the patients' Working Alliance Inventory (WAI-P) and correlations with therapist composite ratings (WAI-T) and psychopathology in the treatment group (n = 41).



Time of assessment
Intercorrelations of the WAI Correlation of 10th session data

Working Alliance Invent. (scale from 1–7)
4th M (SD)
10th M (SD)
Test p
2
2a
2b
2c
IES
BSI depr.
BSI anx.
SF121 Psych.
SF121 Physic

1
Therapists view therap. alliance (composite)
5.6 (.72)
5.8 (.98)
n.s.
.37*
.21
.52**
.17
-.30
-.46*
-.33*
.36*
.11
2
Patients view therap. alliance (composite)
5.8 (.64)
6.3 (.54)
> .001

.92**
.87**
.77**
-.50*
-.50*
-.50*
.35*
.20
2a
Agreement on therapeutic goals
5.8 (.77)
6.3 (.65)
> .005


.85**
.52**
-.53**
-.52*
-.40*
.40*
.13
2b
Agreement on therapeutic tasks
5.7 (.83)
6.2 (.69)
> .001



39*
-.53**
-.61**
-.38*
.48*
.10
2c
Therapeutic bond
6.2 (.69)
6.4 (.57)
> .05




-.25
-.17
-.48*
.03
.28

* p < .05; ** p < .001 1 reversely coded

Knaevelsrud and Maercker BMC Psychiatry 2007 7:13   doi:10.1186/1471-244X-7-13